Common Test-Ordering Errors
Part 2: Misordered Tests
T & B Cells
T- and B-Cell Quantitation by Flow Cytometry (#9336)
May 2010
But we have found that another test, “T- and B-Cell Quantitation by Flow Cytometry,” is often ordered for AIDS patients. This test, which measures both T and B cells, is often ordered when the more focused and less expensive test of the T cells would suffice. “T- and B-Cell Quantitation” should be ordered when quantitative information is required on both B and T cells. It is a second-order test when evaluating patients with possible immunodeficiency states.
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- Introduction
- Testing at Mayo Medical Laboratories
- Common MML Test-Ordering Errors
- Misordered Tests
- T- & B-Cell Tests by Flow Cytometry
- CD4 Count for Immune Monitoring, Blood (#84348)
- T- and B-Cell Quantitation by Flow Cytometry (#9336)
- B-Cell Phenotyping Profile for Immunodeficiency and Immune Competence Assessment, Blood (#88800)
- Indications for Ordering #88800
- Leukemia/Lymphoma Immunophenotyping (#3287)
- Conclusion
- Questions?
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